Death by blogging: In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop. From the New York Times. I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym today at 1:00, where it was another cardio day in the neighborhood. My right knee is hurting just a little bit, so I decided to take it slowly today, … Read more
I started my day off doing two loads of laundry, and reorganizing my dresser drawers with the hope of it being an incentive for me to actually put my clothes in them. I now have one drawer for all of my workout t-shirts and sweat shorts, which should help. For not being at all into … Read more
I edited from home this morning and from Helios this afternoon. Kevin (av8rdude) met me at Helios late afternoon, where he managed to work in spite of a little bit of his work involving phone calls. Some time within the last few weeks, I heard about a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie called The Savages, and … Read more
I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym at 9:45, where he greeted me in the parking lot with, “I almost called and canceled this morning.” “Why’s that?” I asked. “I’ve had a meeting reschedule and need to be back for 11:00 now, so there’s only time for working out or a bagel, but not both.” … Read more
I worked from home today, with an early start responding to some e-mails that came in since last Thursday. I began editing what’s sure to be an arduous, 258-page Administrator’s Guide today. A second IBM meeting has been added to my calendar for Friday, which is one of my days off each week. I’m not … Read more
I was under the weather today, and the weather wasn’t all that, either. I didn’t work today; I’m going to work Wednesday this week instead. I stopped by the Avent Ferry post office, where I mailed a ‘Tween Gift to my parents. What’s a ‘tween gift? A shared gift sent between their birthdays—hers March 1st, … Read more
I worked from home today. OMG! The P2P delegation has gone from 10 to 20 people, virtually, overnight. It’s a go! In a very weirdly coincidental incident, I grabbed my latest issue of AAA‘s Go magazine, which has been laying around in one of my “piles” for, I don’t know, probably a few weeks now, … Read more
If you own a cat, have ever owned a cat, or are just a cat lover, you’ll probably appreciate this 1 minute, 26 second video called, “How the Cat Wakes You Up in the Morning”: I worked from home today, starting off with a 45-minute conference call with Jason (programmer) and Mary (writer), both in … Read more
Yesterday or the day before, in one of the obituaries, the deceased was described as being a roll model. A picture such as this one, immediately popped into my head. There, at the end, is the roll model. Not to be confused with the stop model or the drop model who both precede him. Please, please, … Read more
I dreamed about editing all night long. Aaarrrggghhh! I had a noon-ish workout today, and it being Easter Sunday, the gym was pretty empty. I listened to a podcast of this week’s This American Life, an episode called The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar, which was most interesting in two ways: This family story is actually … Read more